SAT單詞串講與例題解析(三).

39．a(chǎn)morphous: dinite 無定型的:確定的

Many astrophysicists believe that the universe is infinite in size and that it will continue to expand quickly and___.

(A) conclusively

(B) precisely

(C) periodically

(D) indinitely

(E) occasionally

Indinite：vague or not clearly dined or stated，指時間，方向，地理范圍等的不確定性

40．a(chǎn)mplify: abridge 擴(kuò)大:縮短

41．a(chǎn)narchy: order 無政府狀態(tài)，混亂:次序，規(guī)則

Shaken by two decades of virtual anarchy, the majority of people were ready to buy___ at any price.

(A) order (B) emancipation(C) hope(D) liberty (E) enfranchisement

這道題就是很明顯的考察anarchy<>order

42．a(chǎn)nomalous: normal 異常的:正常的

anomaly: conformity to norms 不規(guī)則:合乎規(guī)范

He found himself in the__ position of appearing to support a point of view that he abhorred.

(A)obvious

(B) innocuous

(C)anomalous

(D)enviable

(E) auspicious

43．a(chǎn)ntipathy: benevolence 憎惡:仁愛

44．a(chǎn)pologist: critic 辯護(hù)者:批評家

I am not an adept aesthetician, and I could not presume to analyze Martha’s sense of design or approach toward design. But I believe she dealt with the elements of line and direction with the instincts of a mathematician of physicist, adding to each their emotional relation.

Question：The first two sentences are characterized respectively, by

(A) disclaimer and assertion

(B) invocation and dinition

(C) apology and confession

(D) authority and hypothesis

(E) rebuttal and analysis

這道題前面講過了，為什么不是C呢？

45．a(chǎn)ppealing: noisome 引起興趣的:令人不快的

46．a(chǎn)ppease: agitate平息，安撫:激怒

47．a(chǎn)ppreciable: imperceptible可感知的:感覺不到的

（1）Some subatomic particles, _____ only through their fects on other bodies, have been compared to outer planets whose____ was first deduced from eccentricities in other planets’ orbits.

(A) feasible---irregularly

(B) palpable---certain

(C)imaginable---falsity

(D) perceptible---existence

(E) verifiable---proximity

我們看一下perceptible這個單詞的詞根，來自于perceive（per，全+ceive?。┎煊X，

conceive（想到）—concept（概念），deceive—deceit，receive（接受）

（2）Jocobs was much more than a___ member of the group; he was chosen in light of his extraordinary analytical skills and strong staff management skills.

(A) token(B)perceptive(C)feasible(D)paradoxical(E) vitriolic

這是一道難度比較大的題目，只有真正理解了perceptive的意思之后才好選，也才敢選

Perceptive：having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment，與后面的extraordinary analytical skills and strong management skills正好相對應(yīng)。

48．a(chǎn)pt: extremely inappropriate 恰當(dāng)?shù)?非常不適當(dāng)?shù)?/p>

49．a(chǎn)rcane/esoteric : well-known 神秘的:眾所周知的

（1）Because postmodernist critics often rely on__ language, their prose frequently seems___ to nonspecialists who fail to comprehend its meaning.

(A)accessible, abstruse

(B) arcane, unequivocal

(C)esoteric, impenetrable

(D)hackneyed, exotic

(E) lucid, grating

esoteric: confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle. 象極了中國的武術(shù)，一般都是esoteric

50．a(chǎn)rchaic: current/grandiose 古老的:最近的/宏偉的

（1）Displays in the Australian Museum’s exhibition on dinosaurs are designed to be touched, offering visitors__ experience.

(A) an odoriferous

(B) an archaic

(C) an aural

(D) a rustic

(E) a tactile

（2）The magnificent, __ sets that depicted a futuristic city in Fritz Lang’s epic film Metropolis are now widely regarded as an outstanding visual achievement.

(A)prolific

(B) modest

(C) reticent

(D)archaic

(E) grandiose

archaic<>grandiose

51．Arduous/strenuous/tortuous : facile費勁的:易做到的

(1)The___ journey ___us all; even my dog sat down to take a rest.

A. panoramic, exhausted

B. tortuous, invigorated

C. strenuous, fatigued

D. arduous, rejuvenated

Arduous/strenuous/tortuous的后果肯定都是fatigue而不是invigorate，rejuvenate

Fatigue<>invigorate/rejuvenate/recuperate/revitalize

(2) The sergeant suspected that the private was__ in order to avoid going on the___ march scheduled for that morning.

A. malingering, arduous

B. proselytizing, interminable

C. invalidating, threatened

D. exemplary, leisurely

E. disgruntled, strenuous

以mal為詞根的單詞都講過了，同學(xué)們能記得住哪些？表示不好的還有一個詞根caco，同學(xué)能舉出這個單詞嗎？

表示好的詞根有bene，eu，那么同學(xué)們能想起哪些呢？

Malice, malign, malinger, malicious, malfunction, malnutrition, malpractice, malevolent

Cacophony

Benediction, beniciary, benign, euphemism

(3) By the end of the long, arduous hike, Chris was walking with a___ gait, limping slowly back to the campsite.

(A)halting

(B) robust

(C) constant

(D)prompt

(E) facile

halting: 一瘸一拐的

52．a(chǎn)rid: damp 干燥的:潮濕的

53．a(chǎn)rrest: vitalize 抑制:激發(fā)

Arresting/compelling : banal 引人注意的:陳腐的

54．a(chǎn)rrogant/haughty/overweening/hubris <> modest/self-deprecatory 驕傲的：謙虛的

（1）A scientist should not automatically reject folkways that might at first seem silly or superstitious; scientific qualifications are not a license for___, nor do they___ prejudice or bias.

(A)experimentation, eliminate

(B) arrogance, pursue

(C) humility, advocate

(D)smugness, legitimate

(E) rigidity, console

arrogant的特征automatically reject

55．a(chǎn)rtless: affected/cunning/disingenuous/ 樸實的:做作的/狡猾的/虛偽的

（1）A scientist is anyone who, by observations and experiments conducted, by the literature read, and even by the company kept, puts himself or herself in the way of making a discovery. These individuals, by deliberate action, have enormously enlarged their awareness---their candidacy for good fortune---and will now take into account evidence of a kind that a beginner or a casual observer would probably overlook or misinterpret.

Question：“deliberate” most nearly means

(A)cunning

(B) slow

(C) compelling

(D)cautious

(E) intentional

關(guān)鍵不是這道題，上面這個同樣是個長難句，好好理解一下。

56．a(chǎn)scend: descend/go down 上升:下降

57．Ascetic/stoic: hedonist/sumptuous/indulgent 禁欲者:享樂主義者/奢侈的/放縱的

（1）Jared has the habits of___: he lives simple and donate most of his income to local charities.

(A) a skeptic

(B) a pundit

(C) a dilettante

(D) an insurgent

(E) an ascetic

（2）The patient bore the pain___, neither wincing nor whimpering when incision was made.

A. histrionically

B. stoically

C. sardonically

D. poorly

E. marginally

wince 退縮，whimper 低聲哭泣

(3) sumptuous: 奢侈的，華麗的rich and superior in quality

Her father was a highly positioned diplomat in an Asian country, and she had lived surrounded by sumptuous elegance….No wonder, she said, that when this part of her life came to an end, at age thirteen, she felt she had been exiled from paradise, and had been searching for it ever since.

39．a(chǎn)morphous: dinite 無定型的:確定的

Many astrophysicists believe that the universe is infinite in size and that it will continue to expand quickly and___.

(A) conclusively

(B) precisely

(C) periodically

(D) indinitely

(E) occasionally

Indinite：vague or not clearly dined or stated，指時間，方向，地理范圍等的不確定性

40．a(chǎn)mplify: abridge 擴(kuò)大:縮短

41．a(chǎn)narchy: order 無政府狀態(tài)，混亂:次序，規(guī)則

Shaken by two decades of virtual anarchy, the majority of people were ready to buy___ at any price.

(A) order (B) emancipation(C) hope(D) liberty (E) enfranchisement

這道題就是很明顯的考察anarchy<>order

42．a(chǎn)nomalous: normal 異常的:正常的

anomaly: conformity to norms 不規(guī)則:合乎規(guī)范

He found himself in the__ position of appearing to support a point of view that he abhorred.

(A)obvious

(B) innocuous

(C)anomalous

(D)enviable

(E) auspicious

43．a(chǎn)ntipathy: benevolence 憎惡:仁愛

44．a(chǎn)pologist: critic 辯護(hù)者:批評家

I am not an adept aesthetician, and I could not presume to analyze Martha’s sense of design or approach toward design. But I believe she dealt with the elements of line and direction with the instincts of a mathematician of physicist, adding to each their emotional relation.

Question：The first two sentences are characterized respectively, by

(A) disclaimer and assertion

(B) invocation and dinition

(C) apology and confession

(D) authority and hypothesis

(E) rebuttal and analysis

這道題前面講過了，為什么不是C呢？

45．a(chǎn)ppealing: noisome 引起興趣的:令人不快的

46．a(chǎn)ppease: agitate平息，安撫:激怒

47．a(chǎn)ppreciable: imperceptible可感知的:感覺不到的

（1）Some subatomic particles, _____ only through their fects on other bodies, have been compared to outer planets whose____ was first deduced from eccentricities in other planets’ orbits.

(A) feasible---irregularly

(B) palpable---certain

(C)imaginable---falsity

(D) perceptible---existence

(E) verifiable---proximity

我們看一下perceptible這個單詞的詞根，來自于perceive（per，全+ceive取）察覺，

conceive（想到）—concept（概念），deceive—deceit，receive（接受）

（2）Jocobs was much more than a___ member of the group; he was chosen in light of his extraordinary analytical skills and strong staff management skills.

(A) token(B)perceptive(C)feasible(D)paradoxical(E) vitriolic

這是一道難度比較大的題目，只有真正理解了perceptive的意思之后才好選，也才敢選

Perceptive：having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment，與后面的extraordinary analytical skills and strong management skills正好相對應(yīng)。

48．a(chǎn)pt: extremely inappropriate 恰當(dāng)?shù)?非常不適當(dāng)?shù)?/p>

49．a(chǎn)rcane/esoteric : well-known 神秘的:眾所周知的

（1）Because postmodernist critics often rely on__ language, their prose frequently seems___ to nonspecialists who fail to comprehend its meaning.

(A)accessible, abstruse

(B) arcane, unequivocal

(C)esoteric, impenetrable

(D)hackneyed, exotic

(E) lucid, grating

esoteric: confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle. 象極了中國的武術(shù)，一般都是esoteric

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